"Abordando la diabetes mellitus: estrategias de prevención desde la evidencia científica actual"

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.4652427057

• Palavras-chave: diabetes mellitus, prediabetes, prevención de la diabetes mellitus tipo ii, promoción de salud en diabetes mellitus tipo ii

• Keywords: diabetes mellitus, prediabetes, prevention of diabetes mellitus type ii, health promotion in diabetes mellitus type ii

• Abstract: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus currently represents one of the most pressing challenges for public health worldwide. This chronic disease, characterized by insufficient production of insulin or not responding normally to it, affects millions of people around the world and its incidence continues to constantly increase. As obesity rates and a sedentary lifestyle become more prevalent in our modern societies, type 2 diabetes has become a global epidemic that impacts the quality of life of those who suffer from it. That is why this bibliographic review aims to address Diabetes Mellitus type II as a current and future challenge of Public Health as well as to propose prevention and health promotion strategies in order to reduce its incidence and thus avoid or delay the appearance of complications. The search for updated scientific material was proposed in recognized academic databases such as Scielo, Scopus using the Google academic search engine, among others. The descriptors “Diabetes Mellitus type II”, “complications of Diabetes Mellitus” and “prevention of Diabetes Mellitus” were used. The main concepts, classification, diagnostic criteria and prevention measures applied to Type II Diabetes Mellitus were analyzed. Thus concluding the importance of prevention and health promotion as a fundamental pillar in reducing the incidence of this disease.